Show Us Your Rig [2]

[ZaLiTH]

I remember the DX4 100. You could upgrade from the DX2 50 and coupled with taking the RAM from 8mb to 16mb I thought the machine I had then was awesome. Until I built a Pentium.... And so it goes.

It's been a long time since I thought of the days when owning a Pentium meant you were an "awesome PC guy". Dang...

I upgraded a Packard Bell with a 486SX-25 to a Pentium Overdrive chip running at 63Mhz. That upgrade was around $300. I also upgraded the 4MB of RAM on the mobo with a 16MB SIMM chip...that had just dropped in price from $300 to $200. That got me up to a Pentium 60 give or take with 20MB of RAM. The 2x CDROM drive was fabulous at the time.

I must admit I was very young when I got into computers, it sort of turned out to be a family thing... So although I remember using them a heck of a lot, it was only a good few years later than I started paying for them with my own money.

I do sort of remember a PC my grandparents had with a 'Turbo' button, it even had a numbered display on the front to show the CPU speed, but don't ask me what model it was or how fast it was.... That was many many years back.

 

[noobvious]

I remember the DX4 100. You could upgrade from the DX2 50 and coupled with taking the RAM from 8mb to 16mb I thought the machine I had then was awesome. Until I built a Pentium.... And so it goes.

It's been a long time since I thought of the days when owning a Pentium meant you were an "awesome PC guy". Dang...

I upgraded a Packard Bell with a 486SX-25 to a Pentium Overdrive chip running at 63Mhz. That upgrade was around $300. I also upgraded the 4MB of RAM on the mobo with a 16MB SIMM chip...that had just dropped in price from $300 to $200. That got me up to a Pentium 60 give or take with 20MB of RAM. The 2x CDROM drive was fabulous at the time.

I must admit I was very young when I got into computers, it sort of turned out to be a family thing... So although I remember using them a heck of a lot, it was only a good few years later than I started paying for them with my own money.

I do sort of remember a PC my grandparents had with a 'Turbo' button, it even had a numbered display on the front to show the CPU speed, but don't ask me what model it was or how fast it was.... That was many many years back.

Sounds like the old 286 the family had, many moons ago.....with the old 33.6 dial-up modem.....blazing speed!:sarc:

 

[Wordsworth]

I upgraded a Packard Bell with a 486SX-25 to a Pentium Overdrive chip running at 63Mhz. That upgrade was around $300. I also upgraded the 4MB of RAM on the mobo with a 16MB SIMM chip...that had just dropped in price from $300 to $200. That got me up to a Pentium 60 give or take with 20MB of RAM. The 2x CDROM drive was fabulous at the time.

That was a Packard Bell I upgraded with the DX 4 as well. I don't recall precisely what I spent on the RAM but it was between 300-400 dollars. What a deal!

 

[Wordsworth]

I do sort of remember a PC my grandparents had with a 'Turbo' button, it even had a numbered display on the front to show the CPU speed, but don't ask me what model it was or how fast it was.... That was many many years back.

I recall 386s we had at work with the Turbo button but I don't recall us using it. It is funny when you look at old computers and the badges they wore, 486 DX2 50 and so forth. Today you look at computers at Best Buy and it's hard to find out what some of them are except Core i7 and so forth. What's the speed? A little different today where the speed is concerned; now it's cores, Quad or more.

 

[pparks1]

The first computer that I purchased myself was that Packard Bell 486-SX25. Recall it being around $2,000 with a 15" monitor. It had 4MB of RAM, 2X CDROM drive, 170MB connor hard drive, and I think 128KB of video RAM. Prior to that, I had taken an older IBM clone 8088 to college with a monochome monitor. I grew up with Commodore Vic 20's and 64's in the house.

 

[Wordsworth]

It all sounds very familiar. That 486 DX2 was the first I'd bought as well; before that it was hand-me-downs from my father: IBM PC jr, then 286. Just when he was going to give me the 386 I said enough. The cost was high, comparatively speaking, but I was happy to have something up to date for once.

 

[sandman]

Bro-inLaws Build Pics

Bro's build from 2007 I think first push of the button and the beep is such a nice sound knock on wood havn't had any DOA's in all the builds but my luck will run out sooner or later just hope its mine and not a customer.

 

[Lordbob75]

~Lordbob

 

[brayway]

Youtube Vid

~Lordbob

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Best song ever

 

[Wordsworth]

"...it's an antique."

"...control alt delete you..."

LOL.

 

[Lordbob75]

Youtube Vid

~Lordbob

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Best song ever

"...it's an antique."

"...control alt delete you..."

LOL.

It is a pretty epic song, glad you all liked it

~Lordbob

 

[pparks1]

I remember the first true Pentium 66 that I saw. My best friend at the time bought a new computer, spent about $3,500 on it, was a Pentium 66, 16MB of RAM and a 540MB SCSI hard drive in a full tower running Windows 3.1. At the time, it booted up Win 3.1 in about 15 seconds and we just thought it was utterly incredible. My how times have changed.

 

[xarden]

... It's the un-boxing, installation and care loading everything that makes this so addicting. Once you've built one you'll never go back to store bought corporate brand stuff anymore...

Agree'd. Its the thrill making something out of nothing other somthing's spare parts stuff, and making it work.
Doesnt matter if it ends up being a Ferrari, Chrysler, or even a Honda, just as long as you're happy with the result.

Hey now... Honda make some darn good cars! Lol.. Remember how popular the CR-X was in racing games...?

I have a CR-X, with a widened bodykit.


My brother sold his CR-X...

Yes, we converted it to a ute so he can fit his bmx in the back.
It was the UTE-R-US.

Both are very sexy cars...

 

[ZaLiTH]

...I grew up with Commodore Vic 20's and 64's in the house.

Lol... Let's not get started on those. We could probably find enough users on this forum to start a whole new thread on that topic alone.

Bro's build from 2007 I think first push of the button and the beep is such a nice sound knock on wood havn't had any DOA's in all the builds but my luck will run out sooner or later just hope its mine and not a customer.

Looks like a nice shiny Zalman CNPS-9700NT there...

Is it? I've had one in my PC since July last year, still working like a charm...

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~Lordbob

LMAO... Nice one. Haven't heard any Weird Al in a long time.

I have a CR-X, with a widened bodykit.
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I want it! Want it now!!

Lol. I am officially jealous, I'd trade my Camry 300SEi for one of those in a heartbeat, I wouldn't even have to think too hard about it...

 

[Maxwell]

Updated with another monitor

(Sorry for the crappy quality.. blackberry shot..)

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Maxwell, Very cool with the third monitor. I'll bet the eyefinity is awesome !

 

[derekimo]

Updated with another monitor

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t147/sniper281/2-5.jpg?t=1300245970
(Sorry for the crappy quality.. blackberry shot..)

Here you go.

 

[Maxwell]

Maxwell, Very cool with the third monitor. I'll bet the eyefinity is awesome !

The eyefinity is awesome.. It is the most insane gaming experience that I have ever had. It is definitely worth the money.

And thank you derekimo. The formatting on these forums confuse me haha. I'm so used to SMF.

Here is a picture of the eyefinity setup. I was playing Left 4 Dead 2. Runs silky smooth on max settings even.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

That's killer, figuratively and literally.

 

[Maxwell]

That's killer, figuratively and literally.

Haha thanks! I have wanted an eyefinity setup since it first came out. I never actually thought that I would do it. Its freaking awesome!!!!!